Allen Ginsberg sings at the West End Tavern in Boulder, Colorado, accompanied by a jazz ensemble with Art Lande. Highlights include "Hum bom," "Put down your cigarette rag (Don't smoke)," and "Sickness blues."


This audio is part of the collection: Naropa Poetics Audio Archives
It also belongs to collection: Audio Books & Poetry

Artist/Composer: Ginsberg, Allen; Lande, Art
Date: 1991-07-17 00:00:00
Label / Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

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Reviewer: Blank - - December 4, 2004
Subject: Great show- OK recording
Does anyone else have a better or full recording of this great session? It's a pretty good recording with a slight hiss and AG way up in the mix. Still a great show. Sounds like it cuts off before the actual reading ended.

John Gross- Sax
Dwight Killian- Bass
Art Landy- percussion

Begin: Persian Gulf Calypso (please note this is my title- anyone know the right one?)
5:40 Hum Bom
10:35: Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag
17:10: Sickness Bls